Monday, June 6, 2011

Unsettled Dreams

Did you ever wake from an unsettling dream to find the room still dark but also faint light at the window? Knowing morning is more than a couple hours away, you convince yourself to return to sleep and hopefully dream a sweeter dream. I began this piece with fragments of Alhambra fountains and the palette reflecting a cool dark pre-dawn. I had an interesting free hand drawing and enjoyed researching the longitude and latitude of the Citadel (those times you awake and can't remember where you are?) This is just a piece of the whole as I've been unable to resolve it. I'll put it aside and maybe I can return with a fresh outlook. Fragment measures 8"x9" out of a 20"x20" piece, acrylic, stencil, graphite, charcoal pencil and oil pastel.

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Blue Sky--this is an intriguing fragment --the scumbled background suggests wisps of the dream which contrasts with the letters and numbers on top of it. I love the sense I get from looking at it that I'm navigating my way through a dream.

I can relate to all of this. It seems my dreams are becoming more unsettling the past couple of years. I like the fragment of the piece you are working on. I look forward the resolution of the rest of the painting.